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Australia have announced their squad for the second Test against the West Indies and there’s only one forced change from the side that thumped the tourists in the Brisbane opener. Ricky Ponting’s men will be without strike bowler Ben Hilfenhaus for the second Test as the Brisbane man-of-the-match rests a knee tendon injury. In his [...]
James Anderson’s five-wicket haul proved the match-winner in England’s fourth One Day International against South Africa at Port Elizabeth. The England seam bowler recorded figures of 5-23 as the tourists dismissed the Proteas for a meagre 119 in the fourth One-Day International of the teams’ five match series. Having dismissed the home side cheaply, England [...]
England will be seeking to build on its 1-0 lead in the One-Day International series against South Africa when play begins today at Cape Town. That lead comes by virtue of a seven-wicket win at Centurion a few days ago, spearheaded by Paul Collingwood’s undefeated 105, with Jonathon Trott providing ample support with an 87-run [...]
Jonathan Trott is the latest England cricketer to learn his craft in South Africa, and on Friday he’ll be returning to his old stomping ground in Cape Town to take on the Proteas in the teams’ One Day International series. The South African-born batsman is quickly proving his worth to the England line-up, the 87-run [...]
England’s bowling stocks have been boosted for the third One-Day International against South Africa with the news Stuart Broad is fit and available for selection in the match. The fast bowler was unavailable for the England’s Twenty20s and the first two ODIs after incurring a shoulder injury in the team’s first tour match in South [...]
A survey of Australian cricket fans has shown Michael Clarke is regarded as the country’s most overrated player and that the overwhelming majority have little faith in Australia’s chairman of selectors, Andrew Hilditch. No less than 73% of respondents to the News Ltd survey answered in the negative when asked whether Hilditch should remain as [...]
As both England and South Africa struggle with injuries, old faces and new are gaining an opportunity to stake their claim for a position in their respective country’s first-choice team. The One-Day International series between England and South Africa is just one game old (technically two, but the rain won the first one) but even [...]
It’s been a long time coming for Mahela Jayawardena but the former Sri Lanka captain is for the first time in his career the world’s No. 1 ranked Test batsman. The 32-year-old, who played his first Test match back in 1997, reached the top of the ICC’s Test batting rankings on the back of a [...]
It wasn’t so long ago that Monty Panesar was England’s spinner-of-choice, but the 27-year-old has now dropped to at least fourth in line on the selectors’ list of preferred slow bowlers. Just how far Panesar has slipped in the estimation of the powers-that-be was crystallised in the selection of uncapped Kent spinner James Tredwell as [...]
While England may be focussed on events in South Africa – Paul Collingwood racking up an unbeaten 105 in his record 171st ODI appearance for his country on the way to an England victory at Centurion anyone? – on the other side of the world, some pretty major changes to the game are being unveiled. [...]